An application of SODA methodology in student accommodation problems

The one of the main problems that students have faced with are the accommodation problems. In this paper, we review problems that may occur in university systems. Also, we use strategic options development and analysis method (SODA) to represent the accommodation problems and to create an agreement between student and staff. This method can help us with achieving goals; because in the same situation, there are different viewpoints for various reasons. By plotting the cognitive maps of involved persons and aggregating all cognitive maps, this methodology reaches us to a consensus. The aggregated cognitive maps are called strategic maps. Finally, with the relational clustering the strategic map, we offer some suggestions to improve the accommodation system in each university.